U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Southeast Asia Statistical Summary 1962-1973

USN/USMC
Fixed Wing Aviation
Southeast Asia Statistical Summary
1962 - 1973

Table Index
Air-to-Air Combat USN/USMC
Exchange Rates Fighter vs. Fighter USN/USMC
Combat Losses in Flight USN/USMC
USMC Fixed Wing In-Flight Losses
USN Fixed Wing In-Flight Combat Losses
Area of In-Flight Battle Damage
Causes of In-Flight Fixed Wing Losses
Fixed Wing Losses Southeast Asia January 1962 - June 1973
Combat Sorties Fixed Wing April 1965 - March 1973
Squadron Deployments by Aircraft 1964 - 1973
Carrier Vietnam Deployments 1964 - 1973

Air-to-Air Combat USN/USMC
Enemy A/C by USN/USMC	#	USN/USMC A/C by MIGS	#
AN-2	2	A-1	1
MIG-17	39	KA-3B	1
MIG-19	2	A-4C	1
MIG-21	18	RA-5C	1
		A-6A	2
		F-4 B/J	7
		F-4 C/D/G	0
		F-8 C/D/E	3
Totals	61		16

Exchange Rates Fighter vs. Fighter USN/USMC
F-4	38-7	(5.42-1)
F-8	18-3	(6.00-1)

Combat Losses in Flight USN/USMC
A/C	#	A/C	#
A-4/TA-4	257	KA-3/EA-3	6
F-4/RF-4	143	EF-10	4
F-8/RF-8	88	KC-130	3
A-6/EA-6	67	P-2/OP-2	3
A-7	55	O-1	2
A-1/EA-1	49	TF-9	1
RA-5	18	P-3	1
OV-10	13	S-2	1
Total Combat Losses	711

USMC Fixed Wing In-Flight Losses
A/C	N Vietnam	S Vietnam	Laos	Other	Total
A-4/TA-4	7	51	4	0	62
A-6	10	4	1	1	16
F-4	7	47	11	0	65
F-8	2	7	1	0	10
Other*	3	15	0	2	20
*OV-10, EF-10, RF-4, KC-130, EA-6, O-1, TF-9

USN Fixed Wing In-Flight Combat Losses
A/C	N Vietnam	S Vietnam	Laos	Other	Total
A-1	36	4	6	2	48
A-4	172	4	16	3	195
A-6	38	1	10	2	51
A-7	39	3	13	0	55
F-4	64	4	6	1	75
F-8	54	3	1	0	58
Other*	41	8	6	1	56
*A-3, RA-5, RF-8, EA-1, OV-10, P-2, P-3, S-2

Area of In-Flight Battle Damage
	USN	USMC	USAF
N Vietnam	82%	17%	39%
S Vietnam	5%	71%	33%
Laos	11%	10%	25%
Other/Unknown	2%	2%	3%

Causes of In-Flight Fixed Wing Losses
	USN	USMC	USAF
AA	37	14	26
Unknown	25	33	16
Ground Fire	18	50	47
Own Ordnance	3	-	1
SAM	15	2	7
MIG	2	1	4
Excludes Operational Causes

Fixed Wing Losses Southeast Asia January 1962 - June 1973
Losses	In-Flight			Ground
	Combined	Ops	Total	Combined	Ops	Total
USN	538	316	854	0	25	25
USMC	173	75	248	18	5	23
USAF	1606	461	2067	95	27	122
Subtotals	2317	852	3169	113	57	170
Total	3339

Combat Sorties Fixed Wing April 1965 - March 1973
	Southeast Asia	N Vietnam
USN	510,000	275,000
USMC	320,000	27,000

Squadron Deployments (Cruises) by Aircraft Type 1964 - 1973
Squadron	Cruises	Squadron	Cruises
A-4	107	A-7	24
F-4	84	E-2	24
F-8	57	A-3*	13
A-6	56	EA-6	3
RA-5	31
*Includes EA-3, KA-3, EKA-3

Carrier (CVA / CVN) Vietnam Deployments 1964 -1973
Aircraft Carrier	Fleet	VN Deployments (Depart-Return)	Air Wing
SEVEN DEPLOYMENTS
USS Hancock (CVA-19)	Pac	21 Oct 1964 - 29 May 1965 10 Nov 1965 - 01 Aug 1965 05 Jan 1967 - 22 Jul 1967 18 Jul 1968 - 03 Mar 1969 22 Oct 1970 - 03 Jun 1971 07 Jan 1972 - 03 Oct 1972 08 May 1973 - 08 Jan 1974	CVW-21 CVW-21 CVW-5 CVW-21 CVW-21 CVW-21 CVW-21
USS Oriskany (CVA-34)	Pac	05 Apr 1965 - 16 Dec 1965 26 May 1966 - 16 Nov 1966 16 Jun 1967 - 31 Jan 1968 15 Apr 1969 - 17 Nov 1969 14 May 1970 - 10 Dec 1970 14 May 1971 - 18 Dec 1971 05 Jun 1972 - 30 Mar 1973	CVW-16 CVW-16 CVW-16 CVW-19 CVW-19 CVW-19 CVW-19
USS Ranger (CVA-61)	Pac	05 Aug 1964 - 06 May 1965 10 Dec 1965 - 25 Aug 1966 04 Nov 1967 - 25 May 1968 26 Oct 1968 - 17 May 1969 14 Oct 1969 - 01 Jun 1970 27 Oct 1970 - 17 Jun 1971 16 Nov 1972 - 23 Jun 1973	CVW-9 CVW-14 CVW-2 CVW-2 CVW-2 CVW-2 CVW-2
SIX DEPLOYMENTS
USS Constellation (CVA-64)	Pac	05 May 1964 - 01 Feb 1965 12 May 1966 - 03 Dec 1966 29 Apr 1967 - 04 Dec 1967 29 May 1968 - 31 Jan 1969 11 Aug 1969 - 08 May 1970 01 Oct 1971 - 30 Jun 1972	CVW-14 CVW-15 CVW-14 CVW-14 CVW-14 CVW-9
USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)	Pac	07 Dec 1964 - 01 Nov 1965 29 Jul 1966 - 23 Feb 1967 26 Jul 1967 - 06 Apr 1968 07 Sep 1968 - 18 Apr 1969 23 Sep 1969 - 01 Jul 1970 12 Nov 1971 - 17 Jul 1972	CVW-15 CVW-2 CVW-15 CVW-15 CVW-15 CVW-15
USS Bonhomme Richard (CVA-31)	Pac	28 Jan 1964 - 21 Nov 1964 21 Apr 1965 - 13 Jan 1966 26 Jan 1967 - 25 Aug 1967 27 Jan 1968 - 10 Oct 1968 18 Mar 1969 - 29 Oct 1969 02 Apr 1970 - 12 Nov 1970	CVW-19 CVW-19 CVW-21 CVW-5 CVW-5 CVW-5
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)	Lant	26 Oct 1965 - 21 Jun 1966 19 Nov 1966 - 06 Jul 1967 03 Jan 1968 - 18 Jul 1968 06 Jan 1969 - 02 Jul 1969 11 Jun 1971 - 12 Feb 1972 12 Sep 1972 - 12 Jun 1973	CVW-9 CVW-9 CVW-9 CVW-9 CVW-14 CVW-14
USS Kittyhawk (CVA-63)	Pac	19 Oct 1965 - 13 Jun 1966 05 Nov 1966 - 19 Jun 1967 18 Nov 1967 - 28 Jun 1968 30 Dec 1968 - 04 Sep 1969 06 Nov 1970 - 17 Jul 1971 17 Feb 1972 - 28 Nov 1972	CVW-11 CVW-11 CVW-11 CVW-11 CVW-11 CVW-11
FIVE DEPLOYMENTS
USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14)	Pac	14 Apr 1964 - 15 Dec 1964 28 Sep 1965 - 13 May 1966 15 Oct 1966 - 29 May 1967 28 Dec 1967 - 17 Aug 1968 01 Feb 1969 - 18 Sep 1969	CVW-5 CVW-5 CVW-19 CVW-19 CVW-16
THREE DEPLOYMENTS
USS America (CVA-66)	Lant	10 Apr 1968 -16 Dec 1968 10 Apr 1970 - 21 Dec 1970 05 Jun 1972 - 24 Mar 1973	CVW-6 CVW-9 CVW-8
USS Midway (CVA-41)	Pac	06 Mar 1965 - 23 Nov 1965 16 Apr 1971 - 06 Nov 1971 10 Apr 1972 - 03 Mar 1973	CVW-2 CVW-5 CVW-5
USS Intrepid (CVS-11)	Lant	04 Apr 1966 - 21 Nov 1966 11 May 1967 - 30 Dec 1967 04 Jun 1968 - 08 Feb 1969	CVW-10 CVW-10 CVW-10
ONE DEPLOYMENT
USS Forestall (CVA-59)	Lant	06 Jun 1967 - 15 Sep 1967	CVW-17
USS Independence (CVA-62)	Lant	10 May 1965 - 13 Dec 1965	CVW-7
USS F. D. Roosevelt (CVA-42)	Lant	21 Jun 1966 - 21 Feb 1967	CVW-1
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)	Lant	11 Apr 1972 - 13 Feb 1973	CVW-3
USS Shangri-La (CVA-38)	Pac	05 Mar 1970 - 17 Dec 1970	CVW-8

17 carriers		70 cruises	16 air wings
*Not all anti-submarine carriers (CVS) are accounted for listed in this summary.

References:
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